letters from the great aunts: “The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.” Irving Berlin

Ten years ago today, Desmond Punnett, only child of Florence "Pop" and Christopher "Kit" Punnett, joined the ancestors. Helen, his wife, had gone on ahead seven years earlier.

Below the relevant family tree info and photos, is a selection of the paintings by his daughter, Mary.

Mary with Ebb Tide

Children of JAMES-ROBERT PUNNETT and MARY-CHARLOTTE DEARY are:

i. JAMES⁸ PUNNETT, d. died young.

ii. CHRIS PUNNETT, d. died young.

12. iii. LEWIS LESLIE PUNNETT, b. 1879; d. 1958.

13. iv. JOHN LANGLEY PUNNETT, b. April 3, 1881, St. Vincent, West Indies; d. October 7, 1950, St. Vincent, West Indies.

v. "MAYSIE" MARY BARBARA PUNNETT, b. September 30, 1882, Birth Cert. No. 8240. Parents resided at Mount Bentick; d. December 18, 1979, Cane Grove Estate, St. Vincent.

14. vi. ARNOLD MORGAN PUNNETT, b. September 5, 1884, Bellevue Estate, St Vincent; d. February 1969, Diamond Estate, St. Vincent.

15. vii. "KIT" CRISTOPHER YOUNG PUNNETT, b. 1886, St. Vincent; d. October 19, 1939.

16. viii. GLADYS PUNNETT, b. 1888, St. Vincent; d. 1955, St. Vincent.

17. ix. JAMES DEARY PUNNETT, b. 1890; d. 1955.

"KIT" CRISTOPHER YOUNG⁸ PUNNETT (JAMES-ROBERT⁷, CHRISTOPHER⁶, CHRISTOPHER⁵, CHRISTOPHER⁴, CHRISTOPHER³, CHRISTOPHER², ROGER¹) was born 1886 in St. Vincent, and died October 19, 1939. He married (1) FLORENCE ETHEL "POPS" MALLETT of Suffolk England who came to St. Vincent to work as a governess.

Child of "KIT" PUNNETT and FLORENCE MALLETT is:

i. DESMOND⁹ PUNNETT, b. February 04, 1923.

DESMOND⁹ PUNNETT ("KIT" CRISTOPHER YOUNG⁸, JAMES-ROBERT⁷, CHRISTOPHER⁶, CHRISTOPHER⁵, CHRISTOPHER⁴, CHRISTOPHER³, CHRISTOPHER², ROGER¹) was born Abt. 1920. He married HELEN BOLAND, born Trinidad, daughter of Justice Frederick Boland, in Guyana (her father was judge there at the time) on April 25, 1951.

Children of DESMOND PUNNETT and HELEN are:

i. WINSTON PUNNETT¹⁰, b. 1952.

ii. MARY PUNNETT¹⁰, b. September 29, 1955. Married Patrick Nelstrop April 16, 2014 in Toronto

iii. DENYSE PUNNETT¹⁰ circa 1957, died young

from Mary: ~ “Several years after his (Kit’s) death, my grandmother and my dad moved to Trinidad. It was there that my parents met. They both worked at the Gordon Grant Company in Port-Of-Spain. My father worked in the shipping department, and my mum worked in the office."

Kit with sisters Gladys and Maisie

Desmond and Helen

Denyse, Mary, Winston Punnett

Mary

Mary and her husband, Patrick Nelstrop

Winston (in the middle)

Mary with Winston's daughter, Hannah

There was a photo of Winston's wife Helen, and his other daughter, Danielle, in the previous post

Helen and Desmond with Lisbie in Toronto 2000

Hello Everyone,
My name is Mary Punnett-Nelstrop.
I am Trinidadian born, but grew up in St.Vincent & the Grenadines; currently residing in Canada.
I use acrylics to create my works of art.
My paintings are quite colourful, and somewhat vibrant!
I also like painting Canadian scenes/landscapes.
Most of my inspiration comes from light and colours that portray my works of art.
My inspiration in painting "catch of the day" came from growing up on Villa beach. The fishermen would go out in their boats and cast their nets off shore a couple times a week. The sounds of the famous Conch shell being blown could be heard distinctively to let us know they were bringing in their catch of fish for the day as depicted in this painting.
Hope you enjoy my paintings!

Great Aunt Mary